ken hawkyard-gibson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Happy new year to you all, >I was wondering if any one had tried dying ethanol via >electrolysis? Would this just liberate hydrogen and >oxygen or would some other process comence and ruin >the ethanol Best wishes Ken
Hi Ken I got a response to this from Aleks Kac. "Alcohols are not entirely non-polar compounds. If you try to separate a mixture of liquids by this way, I immagine at least a portion of the alcohol will get lost too. You will end up with CO2, water, hidrogen, acetic acid. The last mentioned compound will speed up further ethanol molecule decay untill there is no ethanol and water left to cover the electrodes." Also I wouldn't like to try it - how would you feel about sinking a couple of live electrodes into a tank full of petrol? But maybe you know a safe way of doing it. All best Keith Addison Journey to Forever Handmade Projects Tokyo http://journeytoforever.org/ Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
